News: IAA lecture programme continues alternate Wednesdays from September - an excellent programme of lectures- Queens University Belfast - Bell Lecture Theatre. Also keep an eye out for the Summer Events

Overnight Monday the temperature plummeted to an all time low of -10.1c the coldest its been in Redditch for many years. The trees were truly wonderful to see coated in heavy frost, not very pleasant though when I put the Christmas lights on got showered with very frozen ice.

Well done,Anton.,very adventurous with the lights - looks very attractive. Silver birch seem to be the best trees to show the rime of at it's best. I spoke to a lady today who said she washes her silver birch trunk to keep it clean lol.